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Oregon Catalyst
stated on July 17, 2013 a blog post.

Says HJM 20 "was the only bill not assigned to a House committee."

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • July 29, 2013

Jason Conger
stated on June 19, 2013 a House floor speech

Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.

False

By Janie Har • June 29, 2013

Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 a U.S. Ways and Means hearing

Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."

False

By Janie Har • June 13, 2013

Oregon Health Authority
stated on April 24, 2013 a draft report

Says that in 2007, "Oregon ranked 25th -- or 7th from the bottom -- in percentage of children with untreated decay compared to 32 other states with similar data."

False

By Janie Har • May 2, 2013

Mark Johnson
stated on April 11, 2013 a floor speech

Says "Every legislative district in the state has at least one craft brewery and countless home brewers."

False

By Yuxing Zheng • April 27, 2013

Clean Water Portland
stated on April 8, 2013 a campaign flier

Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."

False

By Janie Har • April 20, 2013

Melvin Sickler
stated on March 14, 2013 a U.S. Senate hearing

Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."

False

By Christian Gaston • April 13, 2013

Bruce Hanna
stated on March 6, 2013 a floor speech

Says, "The Democrats' proposed budget is also balanced by using more in new tax revenue than in total PERS reform or savings."

False

By Janie Har • March 23, 2013

Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in a memo

Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."

False

By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013

Sam Adams
stated on November 13, 2012 a budget meeting

Says, "In the last four years we’ve cut $36 million in ongoing revenue."

False

By Janie Har • December 15, 2012

Laurie Monnes Anderson
stated on August 30, 2012 in voters' guide

Says she is a registered nurse.

False

By Janie Har • October 7, 2012

Yes on 84
stated on September 7, 2012 campaign material

The reason 29 states no longer have a death tax "is that the tax damaged their economic competitiveness."

False

By Janie Har • September 14, 2012

CNSNews
stated on August 10, 2012 a news article.

Says "under Oregon law, girls from 15 years of age and up are given complete control over whether to be sterilized or not."

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • September 7, 2012

Clackamas County Commission
stated on August 23, 2012 a press release

Clackamas County Commissioners "approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the county’s contribution to TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million."

False

By Janie Har • August 30, 2012

Multnomah County Library Foundation
stated on July 25, 2012 a newsletter.

Says library district would come "at no direct cost to the city budget."

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • August 10, 2012

Clackamas County Democrats
stated on June 22, 2012 a campaign press release

Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 "will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections."

False

By Janie Har • July 5, 2012

Shawn Lindsay
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign press release

Says, "Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our state’s budget."

False

By Janie Har • June 26, 2012

Chris Garrett and Bill Kennemer
stated on June 13, 2012 a commentary article.

Say "this biennium, liquor sales account for nearly $1 billion in the state budget."

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • June 14, 2012

Stop Gillnetting Now
stated on May 30, 2012 campaign press statement

Says "Oregon is one of only three states that allow the use of gillnets on inland waters."

False

By Janie Har • June 14, 2012

Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate

Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."

False

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

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